brightening在中文中有‘明亮’的意思，在日常中也代表’明亮’的意思，读音为[br’ait?n]，brightening来源于英语，在《英国拉丁词典》中，共找到24个与brightening相关的句子。
1.明亮
例句:As Yeats put that same universal question, “O body swayed to music, o brightening glance, how can we know the dancer from the dance?”
翻译:叶芝（爱尔兰诗人及剧作家）提过相同的问题 “随音乐摇曳的身体啊，灼亮的眼神 我们如何区分舞者和舞蹈？” 。
来源：新课标百科词典
brightening一般作为动词使用，在常见短语或俚语中出现较多。
1. “‘We understand each other,’ she replies, brightening as Johan sits down next to her on the heirloom sofa.
翻译:所以他们能相处融洽。
2. Oh, brightening glance… how can we know… the dancer from the dance?
翻译:舞者与舞蹈… 如何分得开?。
3. Things are brightening up already, aren’t they?
翻译:事情越来越乐观了，不是吗？。
4. i like this color. it’s brightening up the place.
翻译:我喜欢这个颜色 整间屋子都显得亮堂了。
5. Oh, Cri-Kee, things are brightening up after all.
翻译:小蟋蟀 事情终于柳暗花明了。
6. “O body swayed to music / O brightening glance / How [can we know] the dancer from the dance?”
翻译:“哦，曼姿随乐起舞； 哦，青睐湛湛灼灼 起舞之时才是舞者的人生。” 。
7. These conversations grew into collaborations that became the Marine Cloud Brightening Project, which i’ll talk about momentarily, and the nonprofit policy organization SilverLining, where i am today.
翻译:这些对话发展成了 我一会儿将会讲到的 海洋云层增亮计划的合作项目， 和我今天身处的非盈利组织 SilverLining （暗夜曙光）。 。
8. But these ideas are only theoretical, and brightening marine clouds is not the only way to increase the reflection of the sunlight from the atmosphere.
翻译:但这些想法只停留在理论层面， 并且增亮海洋云层不是唯一一种 用来提高太阳光大气反射率的方法。 。
9. Early modeling studies suggested that by deploying marine cloud brightening in just 10 to 20 percent of susceptible ocean clouds, it might be possible to offset as much as two degrees Celsius’s warming.
翻译:早先模型研究显示只需在 10-20% 易受影响 的海洋云中部署“海洋云增亮”， 就可能会抵消多达 2 摄氏度的升温。 。
10. “And faded through the brightening air.
翻译:”随着明亮的空气逐渐褪去”。
11. The marine cloud brightening effort is the first to develop any technology for generating aerosols for atmospheric sunlight reflection in this way.
翻译:海洋云层增亮努力是第一个 利用技术来产生微粒， 以增加大气阳光反射的方式。 。
12. They walked behind my horse, brightening my triumph, then were hung on Mount Etna.
翻译:他们在我的马后面走，宣扬著我的胜利 然后被挂在伊特纳山上。
13. i’d been driving for an hour when i looked in my rearview mirror and saw my own brightening glance.
翻译:我开了一小时的车 当我看后视镜时，我看到了自己神采奕奕的眼神 。
14. Hey, thanks for brightening the mood.
翻译:真感谢您这种鼓舞。
15. On a brightening fatherland
